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Luke 17:20–37, Acts 7:44–60, Revelation 21:14–27 (read online ⧉) Throughout the Old Testament, there are memorial stones. The names of springs have tale-telling names. Altars were built…lots of altars. Places provide identity. The Promised Land (Israel) was one of identity. That particular land was powerful…

Malachi 2:1–9, Colossians 3:5–17, 1 Peter 2:1–8 (read online) In a number of bibles (both translations and iterations), this passage in Malachi has the header of Warning to the Priests. You may have read that yourself. This passage is indeed to the Israelite priests, who…

Nehemiah 9:26–38, John 5:19–29 (read online) We struggle with obedience. We struggle with rules. We often don’t like the rules created by others, especially if we are to live by them. The reality is that rules do govern our lives. Sometimes the “rules” are not…

1 Samuel 2:1–10, Job 36:1–4, 2 Peter 1:3–8 (read online) Knowledge is power, so it is said. One of the great gifts of the Enlightenment was indeed the removal of knowledge from the monopoly of the church. Knowledge, when freed from the shackles of human…

Job 19:23–27, 2 Corinthians 12:1–6, Revelation 4:1–11 (read online) John Wesley and George Whitfield were once total brothers in the faith and theology. Eventually, however, there were divisions, and the amicably went their separate ways on positive terms. Yet, people still assumed that there was…